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Droughts and floods in Malawi [PDF]
Malawi suffers frequent droughts and floods. In an economy that is heavily dependent on the agricultural sector, it is crucial to understand the implications of these extreme climate events.
Pauw, Karl +2 more
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After the Rain – learning the lessons from flood recovery in Hull [PDF]
, 2010 The report shows that it is often not so much the floods themselves, but what comes afterwards, that people find so difficult to deal with. The research on which this report is based aimed to undertake a real-time longitudinal study to document and ...
Deeming, Hugh +7 more
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Probabilistic Downscaling for Flood Hazard Models [PDF]
arXivRiverine flooding poses significant risks. Developing strategies to manage flood risks requires flood projections with decision-relevant scales and well-characterized uncertainties, often at high spatial resolutions. However, calibrating high-resolution flood models can be computationally prohibitive.
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Visualising the South Yorkshire floods of ‘07 [PDF]
This paper describes initial work on developing an information system to gather, process and visualise various multimedia data sources related to the South Yorkshire (UK) floods of 2007.
Clough, P. +4 more
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Rising waters, displaced lives
Forced Migration Review, 2014 Although Pakistan and Colombia have relatively advanced disaster management frameworks, they were unprepared and ill-equipped to assist and protect people displaced by recent floods.
Lindsey Brickle, Alice Thomas
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Floods in western Washington--Frequency and magnitude in relation to drainage basin characteristics [PDF]
, 1952 G.L. Bodhaine, W. H. Robinson
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Urban droughts and floods in Maiduguri: twin hazards of a variable climate [PDF]
, 1996 Maiduguri, an important city in the Sudano-Sahelian zone of West Africa, experiences both drought and floods. Although droughts are more popular, floods are a seasonal occurrence in parts of the city in the average rainy season.
Odihi, John O.
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Betwixt Droughts and Floods: Flood Management Politics in Thailand
Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 2015 Attempting to create greater understanding of the political dynamics that influence domestic disaster relief and management (DRM) in Thailand, this article takes a closer look at these dynamics by outlining the main actors involved in flood-related DRM ...
Naila Maier-Knapp
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RECORD CLOUDBURST FLOOD IN CARTER COUNTY, TENN., JUNE 13, 1924
, 1924 WARREN R. KING
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